LAW PROFESSOR MICHAEL KLARMAN IS AWARDED
 TRAYNOR PRIZE FOR LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Sept. 24 -- University of Virginia law
professor Michael J. Klarman is the first recipient of the School of
LawÕs Roger and Madeleine Traynor Faculty Achievement Award for
Excellence in Legal Scholarship.
	Klarman, a member of the faculty since 1987, teaches legal
history, American constitutional history, and constitutional
theory.  His most recent publications include "Brown, Racial Change
and the Civil Rights Movement," and "Rethinking the Civil Rights
Movement," both in the Virginia Law Review.
	The Traynor Prize was established in memory of Roger J.
Traynor, former Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court, by
his wife, Madeleine.  Judge Traynor was a visiting faculty member at
the law school in 1970.  The $2,000 cash prize is designed to reward
faculty for outstanding written scholarship, and the award recipient
is selected by a committee of law school faculty members.  
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September 23, 1996